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president obama is tackling tough issues. but all the beltway wants to talk about is skeet shooting at camp david? this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> our law enforcement officers should never be outgunned on the streets. >> the president pounds away on gun safety as shiny objects dominate the beltway media coverage. >> how often does the president go skeet shooting? and are there photographs of him doing so? >> tonight, i'll take the fourth estate to task for missing the big picture with katrina vanden heuvel of the nation and msnbc's richard wolffe. >>> plus, minneapolis mayor r.t. rybak on how he is lowering gun violence in his city, and how he thinks senate majority leader harry reid needs to get to work on guns. >>> the boy scouts are getting ready to end their policy of discrimination against gays, and the president is standing with them. >> should scouting be open to gays? >> yes. >> i'll tell you how conservatives are fighting the process. >>> it's the super bowl commercial everybody is talking about. >> god
president obama is tackling tough issues. but all the beltway wants to talk about is skeet shooting at camp david? this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> our law enforcement officers should never be outgunned on the streets. >> the president pounds away on gun safety as shiny objects dominate the beltway media coverage. >> how often does the president go skeet shooting? and are there photographs of him doing so? >> tonight, i'll take the fourth estate to...
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president obama got reelected. he is going to be there for the next four years, and they have to come to terms with the reality of what are they going to address politically in order to solve their long-term problem. and one of their long-term problems is a demographic one. they're alienating hispanics. they play this game where they think they're going to position themselves in a smart way against the president. what they end up doing is further damage with a key demographic group that they need in order to be electorally successful in the future. >> liz, how do you anticipate the president doing anything to fight the obstruction? >> i think the president is very cognizant of the instruction in inverted comas was going to look like. and i think that's part of why this leak occurred. i think this is something that while it looks as though this is contributing to nothing getting done, i think this is actually going to move the process forward and enable that senate bipartisan plan to get more support than it otherwi
president obama got reelected. he is going to be there for the next four years, and they have to come to terms with the reality of what are they going to address politically in order to solve their long-term problem. and one of their long-term problems is a demographic one. they're alienating hispanics. they play this game where they think they're going to position themselves in a smart way against the president. what they end up doing is further damage with a key demographic group that they...
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that's why president obama picked him. the two share similar views in philosophy as the obama administration attempts to define the role of the united states in the transition to a post-superpower world. their philosophy is this. the united states must get out of these massive land wars, iraq and afghanistan, and if possible avoid future large-scale war. despite all of the posturing and starcraft, hagel's nomination, well, is not in jeopardy. not one senator who previously voiced support for hagel has changed his or her mind. i think a lot of this has to do with jealousy. chuck hagel has an extraordinary background. very diverse. it all starts with being a combat veteran in vietnam. and of course educated under the g.i. bill. he understands veterans' issues and the possibility of what military war does, of course, to the guys on the ground. he has experience in washington and in the business world unparalleled to anybody on that senate armed services committee. he's a self-made guy in american business. this man has a resu
that's why president obama picked him. the two share similar views in philosophy as the obama administration attempts to define the role of the united states in the transition to a post-superpower world. their philosophy is this. the united states must get out of these massive land wars, iraq and afghanistan, and if possible avoid future large-scale war. despite all of the posturing and starcraft, hagel's nomination, well, is not in jeopardy. not one senator who previously voiced support for...
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and brian lafferty writes "president obama is a straight shooter. he is always proving the right wrong." you can go to our facebook page right now and join the conversation. and don't forget to like "the ed show" when you're there. we like that. >>> still to come, the boy scouts consider lifting their ban on gay members, and conservatives are calling it a war on scouts. i'll have the details coming up. stay with us. ♪ alright, let's go. ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate. ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate. ♪ we, we chocolate cross over. ♪ yeah, we chocolate cross over. ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing fiber one 80 calorie chocolate cereal. ♪ chocolate. otherworldly things. but there are some things i've never seen before. this ge jet engine can understand 5,000 data samples per second. which is good for business. because planes use less fuel, spend less time on the ground and more time in the air. suddenly, faraway places don't seem so...far away. ♪ [ male announcer ] pain not sitting too well? burning to feel better? itching for relief? preparatio
and brian lafferty writes "president obama is a straight shooter. he is always proving the right wrong." you can go to our facebook page right now and join the conversation. and don't forget to like "the ed show" when you're there. we like that. >>> still to come, the boy scouts consider lifting their ban on gay members, and conservatives are calling it a war on scouts. i'll have the details coming up. stay with us. ♪ alright, let's go. ♪ shimmy, shimmy...
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boehner's house passed 30 repeals of obama care. more out of touch nonsense that the country rejected. recently they passed a bill pretending to withhold pay raises from congress, but of course that's something they constitutionally can't do. and president obama says it's time to get serious. and it is. but republicans show no signs of seriously addressing the pain ahead for the middle class in this country. and it is about the middle class. and then there is simpson/bowles, which i think is a total fraud, and we shouldn't be listening to people who have, number one, retirement security and health care security for the rest of their lives. they're the wrong people to listen to. they're doing a lot of grandstanding. but they shouldn't get much attention. more commentary coming on simpson/bowles in just a moment. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question. will the republicans allow the sequester to destroy the middle class? text "a" for yes. text b for no to 67622. you can always go to our blog at ed.
boehner's house passed 30 repeals of obama care. more out of touch nonsense that the country rejected. recently they passed a bill pretending to withhold pay raises from congress, but of course that's something they constitutionally can't do. and president obama says it's time to get serious. and it is. but republicans show no signs of seriously addressing the pain ahead for the middle class in this country. and it is about the middle class. and then there is simpson/bowles, which i think is a...
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the obama administration is not letting up. today justice department joe biden met with local leaders and law enforcement officials in philadelphia. today former congresswoman gabby giffords released a new ad. >> take it from me. congress must act. let's get this done. >> let's turn to our congressional panel tonight. let's turn to congressman elijah cummings of maryland joining us. also tonight congresswoman jan schakowsky of illinois and congressman keith ellison of illinois. >> good to be with you, ed. >> you bet. >> congressman cummings, gun violence is something that has touched you personally, that personal connection. tell the audience what it means to get something done on this issue. >> a year and a half ago, ed, my nephew, christopher cummings, an honor student at old dominion in norfolk, somebody tried to rob him at fife income the morning and burst into his apartment, and they -- he resisted the robbery, and they killed him. and, you know, ed, i can't even begin to tell you how painful this is. and i can imagine wha
the obama administration is not letting up. today justice department joe biden met with local leaders and law enforcement officials in philadelphia. today former congresswoman gabby giffords released a new ad. >> take it from me. congress must act. let's get this done. >> let's turn to our congressional panel tonight. let's turn to congressman elijah cummings of maryland joining us. also tonight congresswoman jan schakowsky of illinois and congressman keith ellison of illinois....
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president obama was in chicago today. he's pushing hard for something to get done on gun violence in this congress. congressman nadler, what are your hopes? >> well, i think it's too much to hope that we'll get everything done that we need to get done. but i think it's realistic to hope that we'll get a thorough background checks, which would mean that felons and mentally ill people would not be able to get ahold of guns. i think that is achievable. the assault weapons ban, banning high capacity magazines, i can't see the republicans going with those, though we ought to attempt it. but certainly the background checks i think is achievable with any kind of good will. >> congressman garamendi, do you agree with that? >> i don't know. but what i do know is we need to vote. the president said it. we said it on the floor when he gave his state of the union address. let's vote. put the bills on the floor and let's see where the votes are. but i'm afraid that's not going to happen. clearly speaker boehner is refusing to bring bi
president obama was in chicago today. he's pushing hard for something to get done on gun violence in this congress. congressman nadler, what are your hopes? >> well, i think it's too much to hope that we'll get everything done that we need to get done. but i think it's realistic to hope that we'll get a thorough background checks, which would mean that felons and mentally ill people would not be able to get ahold of guns. i think that is achievable. the assault weapons ban, banning high...
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i do think we elected barack obama in part because he was on the right side of the iraq war debate. but the revisionist history on why we went to iraq and who got us there, that is an active campaign right now. >> david corn, what have we learned? >> well, i think rachel is right. the bar has been raised, because we learned that the government pulled what larry wilkinson in the film, he was chief of staff to colin powell at the time. he calls it a hoax. that's a pretty big word to use. that the campaign to convince this nation to go to war, a war that led to the loss of almost 5,000 american lives and over probably 100,000 civilian iraqi lives was a hoax. so i think we learned to be careful when people tell us there is a threat at hand. but at the same time to be a little less optimistic about it, a lot of people who got us into the war, a lot of the neo con drum majorettes and cheerleaders, dick cheney and others, when they come out today and say something, they're still accorded a fair degree of respect. they haven't been laughed out of town or tar and feathered and chased away be
i do think we elected barack obama in part because he was on the right side of the iraq war debate. but the revisionist history on why we went to iraq and who got us there, that is an active campaign right now. >> david corn, what have we learned? >> well, i think rachel is right. the bar has been raised, because we learned that the government pulled what larry wilkinson in the film, he was chief of staff to colin powell at the time. he calls it a hoax. that's a pretty big word to...